(We can) trust the sea

We can trust the sea

to wrap haloes around hard places

trust it to organize what sometimes seems too much or too brittle 

into patterns of intricacy, intention and beauty.

See how these infant barnacles have colonized the rock's 
deep cracks, transforming them into mooring places 
where new life burgeons? 

The sea knows what to hold
what to release 
and when 

it relies on the tides' insistence

and assistance

And sometimes. . . well, sometimes it seems we have to stand 

on our heads and do flick-flacks before we see - or can recognize - 

there's a small flinty continent inside each and every one of us 

that's all things at once; breastplate, boat, ancient instrument, stepping stone, ocean, heart. . .

Blessings and love to you all during these mystifying times.